FOI request (FOIR-681929044)

Planning and temporary staff

Requested Mon 27 January 2025
Responded Thu 06 February 2025

Please take this email as a written request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to provide the following information:

1. How many temporary staff/contractors were employed by the Council's Planning Department during the last two years (January 2023 until January 2025)? This includes planning and enforcement staff at all grades (that is, validation, trainee, planner, senior planner, principal planner, team leader, and DM/Service managers). Please also specify the number of contractors to each level.

2. How much money was spent by the Council on temporary staff/contractors within the planning department during the last two years (January 2023 until January 2025)?

3. Do you have a managed service provider for the provision of temporary agency staff? If so, please provide the name and the date the contract ends.

4. If you do not have a managed service provider in place for the provision of temporary recruitment agency staff, which recruitment agencies do you use and on what basis were they awarded?

Response

1. 3x Planning Officer level contractors, and 1x Senior Planning Enforcement Officer

2. January 2023 to January 2025 - £8,902 Temporary Contractors - total spend January 2023 to January 2025 £38,163 Total - £47,065

3. Information not held. This is not a request for recorded information.

4. Information not held. This is not a request for recorded information.